Couch's sea-bream
Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The red porgy (Pagrus pagrus), also known as the common seabream or Couch's bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Sparidae. It is found in shallow waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, being present on the western coast of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea as well as the eastern coasts of North and South America and the Caribbean Sea. It feeds on or near the seabed and most individuals start life as females and later change sex to males.
Wikipedia contributors, Red porgy; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:38:57.549120+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- Couch's sea-bream
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Sparidae
- Genus
- Pagrus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familySparidae Rafinesque, 1818
- genusPagrus Cuvier, 1816
- speciesPagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pagrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| redbanded seabreamPagrus auriga Valenciennes, 1843 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pagrus africanus Akazaki, 1962 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluespotted seabreamPagrus caeruleostictus (Valenciennes, 1830) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pagrus major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pagrus sedecim Ginsburg, 1952 Ginsburg, 1952 | synonym |
| Pargus sedecim Ginsburg, 1952 Ginsburg, 1952 | synonym |
| Pagrus vulgaris Valenciennes, 1830 Valenciennes, 1830 | synonym |
| Sparus pagrus Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Pagrus pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127063 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4BZNW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.